の、マヤはみどりのへ。語のをからです。のはで、マヤはゆっくりました。
N5 graded Japanese story
図書館のカード
The Library Card
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でカードを、のを。でも、がたくさんあるは難しかったです。
のが「語のを読んだことがありますか」と。マヤは「はあります。でも、はまだありません」と。
はがをくれました。マヤはのについてのを選びました。
「このは借りてもいいですか」とマヤがと、「はい、です」とがありました。をに書きました。
に、マヤはページをゆっくり読みました。はかりません。でも、ことができました。もこのをつもりです。ページでもうれしかったです。
Related lessons
Reinforce the reading
Notice what the story just taught you
RN1 / Early N5: a reviewed connected-reader story using full furigana and controlled support language.
Key words in context
- 図書館としょかん
- library
- 本ほん
- book
- 借りるかりる
- to borrow
- 返すかえす
- to return
- 受付うけつけ
- reception desk
- 棚たな
- shelf
- 生活せいかつ
- daily life
- 紹介するしょうかいする
- to introduce; recommend
What to notice
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story07-p1
日本語の本を · 読んだことがありますか
The experience pattern asks whether someone has had an experience.
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少し読む · ことができました
The ability pattern expresses what someone can do.
Sentence rn1_new_start_01-story07-p3
この本を · 借りてもいいですか
The permission pattern asks whether the book may be borrowed.
Check your understanding
1. Why does Maya go to the library?
Answer: She wants to read a Japanese book. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
2. Why does she not choose the first books?
Answer: They have many kanji and are difficult. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
3. What kind of book does the library worker introduce?
Answer: A book with many pictures. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
4. What can Maya do at the end?
Answer: She can read a little of the book. — Use the reviewed answer to check the scene, then return to the Japanese passage if anything differs.
A Place to Begin companion
Practice after reading
No-furigana second pass
マヤは何を借りましたか。
Eight book words
Preview
図書館
としょかん
library
Preview
本
ほん
book
Preview
返す
かえす
to return
Support
受付
うけつけ
reception desk
Support
棚
たな
shelf
Support
生活
せいかつ
daily life
Support
紹介する
しょうかいする
to introduce
Sentence Lab
日本語の本を読んだことがありますか。
Have you ever read a Japanese book?
The experience pattern asks whether someone has had an experience.
少し読むことができました。
I was able to read a little.
The ability pattern expresses what someone can do.
この本を借りてもいいですか。
May I borrow this book?
The permission pattern asks whether the book may be borrowed.
Grammar notes
〜たことがあります
た-form + ことがあります asks or says whether an experience happened before. It is about life experience, not a specific past time.
日本語の映画を見たことがあります。
I have watched a Japanese movie.
〜ことができます
A verb in dictionary form + ことができます says someone can do something. It expresses ability or a possible action.
短い本なら読むことができます。
I can read a short book.
Reread checklist
- • Read the Japanese again without stopping.
- • Cover the translation and retell the problem and ending.
- • Choose one sentence to read aloud twice.
- • Return in two to four days and read once more.
Reflect
- • Why is choosing a manageable book important?
- • What kind of Japanese reading would you like to try?
- • Which sentence shows Maya's growing confidence?
These prompts are not stored.
How confident did this reread feel?
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